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as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined the double-edged purpose of the sales promotion is to clear out existing stock and to attract new customers

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Recent Examples of double-edged However, trust is double-edged. Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 In the cognitive realm, artificial intelligence is similarly double-edged. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025 Putin boasts of Russia’s record-low 2.3% unemployment rate, but this sword is double-edged. Christian Edwards, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 For Eisenberg’s film, the decision is double-edged: from the perspective of the characters, exceptional demands are placed on the dialogue to make their past come to life, but the dialogue isn’t sufficiently rich or imaginative to meet the challenge. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 Usually double-edged, the weapons were occasionally decorated with engraved patterns. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024 Among artists and intellectuals, technology has always been double-edged, utopian and dystopian. Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2023 Nearly all executives and investors in this niche of neurotechnology acknowledge Musk’s impact on the field, though some say it is double-edged. Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023 Trending For Sohn, identity is double-edged. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double-edged
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  • There are six different armaments that be unlocked, ranging from a staff, axe, and dual blades to explosive skulls and a straight up mini-mech suit.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The dual point of view is perfect, the banter and pacing are excellent and the cover is absolutely gorgeous.
    Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • Total repatriations When examining total repatriations — people returned to their country of origin — a more ambiguous picture emerges.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Whereas many tech deals are conducted in equity of ambiguous value, this one was done in cold, hard cash, though the product itself is by no means a sure bet.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
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  • Phil Klotzbach, senior research scientist at Colorado State University, said the effect — also called binary interaction by the scientists who study such things — occurs when two systems are within 800 miles of each other.
    Alex Harris Updated September 24, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In May 2021, the singer came out as non-binary.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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  • While filming season 3 of Special Forces, Bachelorette alum Trista Sutter's husband, Ryan Sutter, shared a cryptic Instagram post about her being gone, which sparked speculation about their relationship status.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • At some point, though, meaning that is sufficiently cryptic becomes indistinguishable from no meaning at all.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • Earhart was traveling with her navigator, Fred Noonan, in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra when the duo vanished while in flight from New Guinea to Howland Island during Earhart's attempt to make history as the first female pilot to fly across the globe.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The Cooper City High School alum has four kids, 30-year-old twin sons with ex-husband, former football player Matt Martinez, and two teenagers with current husband, NASCAR great Burney Lamar.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • The agency said the company relied on confusing interfaces and obscure disclosures.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But overall, the popularity of different computer languages could become as obscure a topic as the relative popularity of railway track gauges.
    Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • Princess Amalia took on royal power suiting in a pink ensemble with wide-leg trousers and a matching blazer with dark buttons.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Eight Unbearable Days Ray, Ben, Michael, Michelle’s brother, and Ben’s dad drove up I-70 to Vail, checking into a hotel just after dark as the first hasty teams from VMRG were heading up the mountain.
    Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Double-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-edged. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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